SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR FUNDING, FY 79, RE: PARAPSYCHOLOGY - FEASIBILITY FOR A HARD COPY 'REMOTE VIEWING' MACHINE

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This document is a request for funding for the development of a hard copy "Remote Viewing Machine" as part of the Parapsychology feasibility study. The objective is to determine if it is possible to create equipment that can produce remote viewing information in a tangible form. Remote viewing is the ability of individuals to gather information about remote targets through psychic means. The current method involves verbal descriptions and sketches, but having an accurate replica of the mental image would greatly enhance the quality of the information. The document mentions that the development of such equipment could be as valuable as the Ultra machine used in WWII. Experimental data in parapsychology suggests that equipment with this capability could be developed. The document also outlines the principles that have been established for this endeavor. The procedure includes the design and operation of the device, with an estimated cost of $350K for funding in FY 79.

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 SUBJECT:  (S)  Request for Funding, FY 79, Re:  Parapsychology - Feasibility
 for a Hard Copy "Remote Viewing Machine
 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:  E. H. Walker
 OBJECTIVE:  (S)  To determine feasibility of developing automatic equip-
 ment capable of producing remote viewing in hard copy form
 BACKGROUND:  (S)  Evidence exists that individuals can, through para-
 psychological means, acquire information in regard to remote targets.
 Extensive studies have been carried out at SRI International to
 establish the existence and utility of this "remote viewing" capability.
 In remote viewing a subject forms a mental "image" of
 the desired remote location.  Hard Copy information is obtained by means
 of verbal description and sketches produced by the subject.  The quality
 of this information would be greatly enhanced if an accurate replica
 of the mental image could be provided, or better yet, if the original
 image generated were formed in hard copy --as, for example, on a TV
 monitor.
 (U)   Development of equipment having this capability might
 have the same utility in any future conflict as  that  of the Ultra
 machine used in WWII.
 (C)  Some experimental data in the field of parapsychology indicates
 such equipment could be developed.  The principal considerations that
 have been  established are:
 theory
 (1)  The same principles of information/used to enhance the
 signal to noise ratio in radio communications can be applied to para-
 psychological phenomena.
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 (2)  PK effects on physical devices used in computers to
 generate (true) random number sequences can be employed to produce
 physical records of parapsychological events rather than using a subject
 as one receiver.  (The translation of PK effects on a random number
 generator into a target image automatically if the proper formating of
 information is used.  This arises from the third principle of psi-
 phenomena given below).
 (3)  Psi-phenomena are goal or target directed.  This means
 that the subject does not need any knowledge as to how the target informa-
 tion or target image is produced, but.must only be able to recognize
 the target state or image when it appears.
 (C)  While these principles assure that remote viewing images
 can be formed in hard copy, sufficient information does not yet exist
 to establish the time required to produce an image.  Estimates are
 computed in the attached report.
 PROCEDURE:  The above principles have been use to design a device that
 if built is expected to have the hard copy capability sought.  A separate
 report (attached) gives details of this device.  Feasibility can most
 readily be determined using this equipment as it is flexible enough to
 be operated in a variety of modes..
 (U) Funds  FY 79
 Equipment:             $150K
 Personnel:             $150K
 Miscellaneous:         $ 50K
 $350K
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